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Title: Recreational Marijuana Laws and Junk Food Consumption: Evidence Using Border Analysis and Retail Sales Data

Citation Type: Working Paper

Publication Year: 2019

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Abstract: We use retail scanner data on purchases of high calorie food to study the link between recreational marijuana laws (RMLs) and consumption of high calorie food. To do this we exploit differences in the timing of introduction of marijuana laws among states and find that they are complements. Specifically, in counties located in RML states monthly sales of high calorie food increased by 3.1 percent for ice cream, 4.1 for cookies, and 5.3 percent for chips.

Url: http://ssrn.com/abstract=3328613Electroniccopyavailableat:https://ssrn.com/abstract=3328613

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Authors: Baggio, Michele; Chong, Alberto

Series Title: Research Paper Series

Publication Number: 19-16

Institution: Andrew Young School of Policy Studies

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Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Health

Countries: United States